Paying For Summer Camp: Is Any Of It Deductible?

Sun, 06/24/2012 - 15:27 EDT - Forbes.com - Top Stories

My son starts summer camp tomorrow. And this is what I have learned as a parent about summer camp: it?s expensive. Super expensive. Last week, I took all three kids to to stock up on camp items: shin guards, mouth guards, cleats, shin guard covers (who knew?), new hockey stick... The list for all three ...

It is one of those stories sons tell about their mothers because it makes them smile every time they do, because the image of Anne Klisanich, a 70-ish senior, with grey hair and a warm and welcoming manner, putting on her coat and heading out the door, determined to meet a “Rock ’n’ Roll” band named The Tragically Hip, is deliciously absurd.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa jailhouse beating case against a former guard collapsed Wednesday as the Crown halted its prosecution after two weeks of testimony from fellow guards that was mired in lies and collusion.
Former guard John Barbro was immediately acquitted in the alleged 2010 “boot-stomping” of a handcuffed and shackled inmate.
Ontario Court Justice Ann Alder said the prosecutor’s decision was fitting and reached with integrity.

Sleepaway camp is a great summer activity, if you can afford it. Groups like YMCA and Girl Scouts offer inexpensive camping options. But on the other end of the spectrum are private, eight-week camps that offer top-notch food, living accommodations, and activities from waterskiing to horseback riding.

NBA training camps are in full swing. Optimism is in the air. The NBA streets are filled with stories of summer improvement: point guards who reworked their jump shots, big men who found a renewed committed to defense, and player after player who got into "the best shape of his life."

This post on "Free Keene" had a serious error.Since my issues is with the police and “justice” system for aggressing against peaceful people, I do not give the jailers any trouble by non cooperating or being disobedient. My beef is not with them.Are you kidding me? Police and judges and prosecutors are evil, but not prison guards? You've got to be joking.

OTTAWA — As many as five guards were holding down a handcuffed Jean Paul Rheaume when a sixth stepped forward, held onto his colleagues for support, and allegedly delivered three swift stomps to the prisoner’s head and torso.
“They threw me in a corner where I couldn’t move and kicked me in the head. They didn’t stop,” said Mr. Rheaume in a later interview.

BERLIN — German prosecutors say they’ve charged a 93-year-old man with 300,000 counts of accessory to murder for serving as a guard at the Nazis’ Auschwitz death camp.
The charges against Oskar Groening come as part of a nationwide push against former Auschwitz guards launched last year.
Unlike most of the others, Groening has openly talked about his time as a guard and says while he witnessed horrific atrocities, he didn’t commit any crimes himself.

Make a list and stick to it. That's one of the best ways to be kind to a budget at the grocery store. You avoid impulse purchases because of hunger or tempting specialty items. But even the most prudent listmaker might not be protected from paying too much at the grocery store. That's because manufacturers know which favorite products can fetch higher prices -- and they don't shy away from marking them up tremendously.

NEW YORK — Jim Riches pulled his son’s mangled body out of the rubble at the World Trade Center, but the phone calls still filtered in years afterward. The city kept finding more pieces of his son.
“They’ll call you and they’ll tell you, ‘We found a shin bone,’” Riches said. “Or: ‘We found an arm bone.’ We held them all together and then we put them in the cemetery.”